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One year ago today I started out on a journey along the Appalachian Trail. It was the first of 153 days I spent hiking from Georgia to Maine along this 2,181 mile corridor stretching all the way up the East Coast. My home, food, clothing, and gear were all contained in a 65-liter backpack I Read More

While I love spring, I can tell you honestly, I don’t enjoy cleaning. My grandmother was a cleaning fanatic—spring, summer, fall, winter. I remember when she got older, she finally conceded that some of the cleaning was too much for her so she hired a cleaning lady. And….each week before the cleaning lady arrived, Grammie Read More

Today, NRCM, along with a diverse coalition, announced the launch of Maine Citizens for Clean Energy, a new ballot initiative to increase Maine’s energy independence, protect Maine’s environment and people by reducing pollution, create jobs, and improve our economy. Climate change is the greatest threat facing our state, our nation, and our planet. We can’t Read More

Trees win! And when trees win, people win. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the “roadless” rule, maintaining protections in 50 million acres of national forests from new road building. Other bad bills are waiting in the wings in Washington, including one to deny a president’s right to establish a national monument. We can’t Read More

Editor’s Note: Alewives are river herring, a term that also includes their close relatives the blueback herring and American shad. Alewives spend most of their life at sea. In early to mid-May, alewives leave the ocean, enter Maine’s coastal rivers, and make their way upstream to spawning habitat in lakes and ponds, sometimes traveling more Read More

Hot of the presses! The Story of Stuff project has just released an excellent new 7-minute film, the Story of Electronics. You may already be familiar with the Story of Stuff Project’s series of wildly popular and fun web videos that expose the hidden costs of all the consumer products we buy and toss at alarming Read More

November 2nd is just around the corner – and this year, Maine voters have a chance to show their continued and strong support for conservation by voting yes on Question 3. We need to show our legislators that we support the Land for Maine’s Future program (LMF), which has worked tirelessly to preserve the special places in Read More